Snapchat's public 'heatmap' for Ukraine has been disabled

Snapchat’s public ‘heatmap’ for Ukraine has been disabled

Normally, a color code is displayed on the Snap Map to indicate how many users are submitting public photographs in a given location. In practice, this means you can obtain a good indication of where the majority of Snapchat users are. While this publicly available data isn’t normally used, it’s definitely for the best that the capability is disabled in a conflict scenario where Russia could want to follow evacuations or citizen movements.